Mobris steinbock



ST EINBOGK. Ironing-Machine.

No 225,176. P a tented Mar. 2-, I880.

KPETERS PHOTO-UTMDGRAPHER, WASHXNGTON, u. c.

lhvirnn STATES PATENT MORRIS STEINBOOK, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

lRONlNG-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 225,176, dated March 2,1880.

Application filed September 24, 1879.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, MoaRIs STEINBocK, of thecity, county, and State of New York, have invented an improved machinefor ironing or hot-pressing articles of various descriptions, such ascloth, silks, laces, ribbons, &c., which invention is fully set forth inthe following specification, reference being had to the an-. neXeddrawings.

My invention is an improvement in the class of ironing-machines in whichthe clothes or goods to be pressed are carried between heated rollers orplates by means of endless traveling aprons.

I adopt such a construction and arrangement of parts that the heatedplates may be quickly and conveniently adjusted in a vertical directionand simultaneously to bring them nearer each other or to separate themmore widely, for the purpose of graduating the effect of the heat on thegoods as conditions may require.

In the drawings, Figure l is a plan view of my machine, thetwo endlessaprons and certain other parts being removed. Fig. 2 is a verticallongitudinal section, of the machine. Fig. 3 is an end view, and Fig. 4a vertical transverse section, thereof, the latter showing only themanner in which the two heated plates are connected together.

In the drawings, Aindicates theframe which supports the operativemechanism, and B and 0 two metal plates, which are, in practice, made ofa length and width suitable for the articles that the machine isdesigned to press. These plates, or at least one of them, B, are to beheated by any convenient means, such as gas-jets or steam. I show inFig. 4. a suitable arrangement of gas-burners for this purpose.

A pair of endless aprons, D and E, travel .through the space between.thetwo heated plates B O, and carry between them the articles to be pressedor ironed. The lower end less apron, D, runs on two rollers, D and Dhaving their bearings at the respective ends of frame A, and one ofthem, D is furnished at one end with a band-pulley, d or other means fordriving it. The upper apron, E, passes over a pair of rollers, E and Ethe latter, E having its bearings also in frame A, but the former one,E, may have its bearin gs attached to frame A, or to the front end ofthe plate G. The upper portion of apron D runs over the plate B, whileits lower or returning portion hangs slack under the'same, as shown inFig. 2. The lower portion of the apron E runs under the plate 0, and theupper portion runs over a curved metal shield, F, affixed to anyconvenient part of the frame, in order to prevent it from contact withthe top of the hot plate 0.

To give a certain tension to the working or carrying parts of the. twoaprons-namely, those parts between the platesB and G I employfriction-rollers d d and e c, which may either bear'against theapron-carrying rollers -D D and E E to the degree of their own gravityor be forced against them by springs.

The rollers D and E are geared together by cog-wheels 6 which are ofequal diameter, so as to insure an equal motion of both aprons. Thepress-plates B and G are suspended and connected by four cords orchains, L, one end of each being fastened to the top side of the upperplate, 0, and the other to an arm, M, which extends laterally from thebottom of the lower plate. Each of these cords runs over a sheave orpulley, N, attached to the frame A. Thus the two plates B and G are heldparallel in all positions, and the position of each plate is necessarilygoverned by the position of the other, as will be readily apparent.

The desired adjustment is effectedlthat is to say, the plates are raisedand loweredby a vertical screw, 0, which is connected with the upperplate, and has a hearingin a crossbar, 0, of the frame A, and is rotatedby a handle or hand-wheel, The lower end of the screw works in a yoke,P, bolted to the upper plate, 0. By turning the said screw 0 either oneway or the other, the upper plate, 0, is either raised or loweredcorrespondingly, and the lower plate, by means of its cord-connectionwith the upper one, is moved in the opposite directionsimultaneously-that is to say, it is raised when the upper plate islowered, and lowered when the upperone is raised.

The position of the two plates determines the degree of pressure thatthe goods receive between the aprons, and this obviously depends on theadjustment of theserew 0; but in order to make this pressure yielding aspiral spring, R, is placed around the shank of the screw, so as to actbetween the collar Q and the cross-bar O.

The lower endless apron, D, extends out at the front end beyond theupper apron, E, and thus forms a feed-table, supported by a crossbar, onwhich the goods to be pressed can be arranged and straightened beforebeing introduced between the aprons D and E.

The goods to be pressed, after being strai ghtened and arranged on theprojecting part of the lower apron, pass between the aprons and arecarried through between the two heated plates B and 0 without beingbrought in actual contact with a rubbing or friction surface.

The machine is particularly adapted for pressing or ironing figuredgoods of uneven surfaces without crushing or unduly flattening out theraised portions of the goods.

What I claim is tially as shown and described, whereby the plates may besimultaneously adjusted for bringing them nearer or removing themfarther from each other, asspecified.

2. In a hot-pressing or ironing machine, the

combination of the screw and yoke with the upper and lower plates, thesupporting-frame, and the connecting-chains, as shown and de scribed.

MORRIS STEINBOOK.

Witnesses:

ALBERT H. HooK, THos. CROOKER.

